Film

In 1966 change was in the air all around the world. In East and West Germany a new generation of filmmakers started breaking with doctrines to counter both commercialism in the West, and the communist party line in the East by adopting a more personal approach to cinema with a focus on soc...

Each year in March the Film Society of Lincoln Center and the Museum of Modern Art, New York, presents New Directors/New Films screening the work of emerging filmmakers from around the world. In 2015 White God by Hungarian director Kornél Mundruczó received much attention.
When thirteen-y...

The most highly anticipated film of the year 2015 - Star Wars: The Force Awakens has invited fans in Mexico City to a fan screening and Q&A this week.
The screening took place before the official world premiere in Los Angeles which is scheduled for December 14th - and the film's openi...

The Guardians' great box office success shows that even Marvel's b-heroes have the potential to capture an audience. All of a sudden the whole world is talking about Rocket, Groot & Co. The Ant-Man is another of Marvel's characters to hit the screen this summer. And even thought he has...

Following The Avengers und Guardians of the Galaxy, Marvel will bring one of their "smaller" super heroes to the big screen this summer: the Ant-Man
Master thief Scott Lang (Paul Rudd) is ready to atone for his wrong-doings, when Dr. Hank Pym (Michael Douglas) approaches him and becomes h...

Since Marvel's latest Sci-Fi action hit "Guardians of the Galaxy" hit cinemas in early August, more and more comic book fans are getting hitched. Once again Marvel and Disney Studios made a good choice when selecting their director, cast and crew. The result is a colossal box-office succes...

In spring 2010 the Icelandic volcano EYJAFJALLAJÖKULL erupted a cloud of ashes disrupting air traffic in almost all of Europe. Ill luck for tavellers, especially for Valérie and Alain, who are setting out on a flight from Paris to Athens to attend their daughter's marriage.
Double crap, i...

Yokohama, 1963 - Umi and her siblings are living in a small hotel run by her familiy and located on top of a hill. Her mother is a doctor and frequently out on work-related travel. Her father, once a sailor, died during the Korean war. In front of her house and in plain view of the harbour...

German fans have been waiting for quite some time for this dubbed version of Evangelion - You can (Not) Redo. They finally got lucky: Universum Anime has released a DVD and Blue-Ray edition of Hideaki Anno's sci-fi remake last week, December 13, 2013.
In this part of the epic storyline...

Shingeki no Kyojin – Attack on Titan started screening in Japan this April and if you are looking for a really fascinating anime shonen newcomer, you might well discover it here – or at least be in for a big surprise.
Hajime Isayama developed his first episode of the manga Att...

NBC’s mystery TV series „GRIMM“ has been on air since 2011 and despite mixed reviews turned out the station's „top#1 new drama“.
Cyberpunkt novelist John Shirley has taken on the job to create a novel based on the series. His first issue „The Icy Touch“ will be released by Titan B...

Peyo's Smurfs had their first appearance in a 1958 story of Johann and Pfiffikus and turned out an overnight success.
Their popularity even outran Johann and Pfiffikus a series which Peyo quit to pay more attention to his little blue heroes. Ever since then, the Smurfs have had a numbe...

In 1995 Hideaki Anno and Studio Gainax aired their Sci-Fi TV series Neon Genesis Evangelion (Shin Seiki Evangerion, in short NGE or EVA).
It received huge recognition on an international scale which probably surprised noone more than director Hideaki Anno himself: „It is strange that Ev...

Director Hideaki Anno finished the third of his four-part rebuild of Evangelion series in 2012 as a remake of his original animated series Neon Genesis Evangelion. Produced and distributed by Hideaki Anno's Studio Khara the film debuted in Japan November 17, 2012. It turned out a great box...

After having saved Manhattan, Hulk, Iron Man and Co have gone their separate ways until their time will come to reassemble in The Avengers 2 in 2015.
Thor has returned Loki and the Tesseract to Asgard where the goodlooking God of Mischief is about to stand trial to Odin. Joss Whedon’s 201...